Alexios I Komnenos
Monarch
1056 – 1118
Who was Alexios I Komnenos?
Alexios I Komnenos, Latinized as Alexius I Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118. Although he was not the founder of the Komnenian dynasty, it was during his reign that the Komnenos family came to full power. Inheriting a collapsing empire and faced with constant warfare during his reign against both the Seljuq Turks in Asia Minor and the Normans in the western Balkans, Alexios was able to halt the Byzantine decline and begin the military, financial, and territorial recovery known as the Komnenian restoration. His appeals to Western Europe for help against the Turks were also the catalyst that likely contributed to the convoking of the Crusades.
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- Born
- 1056
Byzantine Empire - Also known as
- Alexius I Comnenus
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- Irene Doukaina
(1078 - )
- Irene Doukaina
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- Died
- Aug 15, 1118
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on July 23, 2013
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